# CREATE GROUP reference

CREATE GROUP SQL keywords reference documentation.  Applies to RBAC in QuestDB Enterprise.

<EnterpriseNote>
  RBAC provides fine-grained database permissions management.
</EnterpriseNote>

`CREATE GROUP` - create a new group

For full documentation of the Access Control List and Role-based Access Control,
see the [RBAC operations](/docs/security/rbac) page.

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## Syntax

```questdb-sql
CREATE GROUP [IF NOT EXISTS] groupName;
```

## Description

`CREATE GROUP` adds a new user group with no permissions.

The chosen name must be unique across all users (including the built-in admin),
groups and service accounts. If the name has already been reserved, the command
fails and an error is raised, unless the `IF NOT EXISTS` clause is included in
the statement.

Contrary to users and service accounts, it is not possible to log in as group. A
group only serves as a container for permissions which are shared between users.

## Examples

```questdb-sql
CREATE GROUP admins;

CREATE GROUP IF NOT EXISTS admins;
```

It can be verified with:

```questdb-sql
SHOW GROUPS;
```

that yields:

| name   |
| ------ |
| admins |